Apparatus for holding and transporting shoes and heels



W. E. COOMBE$ APPARATUS FOR HOLDING AND TRANSPORTING SHOES AND HEELS Mar. 5, 1929.

Filed April 8, 1926 Patented Mar. 5, 1929.

UNITED STATES WARREN E. GOOMBES, or BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR'IO UNITED SHOEMA- CI-IINERY coEroEA mN, E ,PATERSON, EE JEESEY, a CORPORATION or NEW JERSEY.

APPARATUS FOR HOLDING ANDTRANSPOBTING SHOES END: HEELS.

Application filed April 8,

' example, it is the usual practice, after a Sole has been attached to a shoe, to trim 0E surplus stock from the periphery of the heel Seat of.

the shoe by a beveling cut. The heel seat portion of the sole is thereby reduced so that a heel of dimensions appropriate for the given shoe will fit snugly and bear evenly against the overlasted upper materials, and a convex.

heel seat is provided Substantially corre sponding to the cupped attaching face of such a heel. Aswill be apparent, good heel Seat fitting involves trimming the heel seat of each shoe to definite dimensions corresponding to p the dimensions of a heel suitable for attachment to that shoe. To insure the best results, it is common practice to fit each shoe to a particular heel which is thereafter attached to that shoe. Even if this practice is not rigor ously followed, pains must, of course, be taken to insure that the heel attached to any given shoe is of the right dimensions forthat shoe.

In view of the foregoing, and having in mind the common practice of fitting the heel seat of each shoe with reference to a particular heel to be later attached to it, it is an object of this invention to provide a shoe rack especially adapted to receive shoes and unattached heels and to maintainsuch a relation between the respective shoes and heels as to insure that a heel attaching operator will have no difficulty in determining the particular heel for which the heel seat of a given shoe has been fitted, or, if that is not desired, in picking out a heel of the right dimensions for a given shoe.

To this end, the invention provides a novel rack comprising elements for supporting shoes and means for carrying heels suitable, respectively, for attachment to the Several shoes in such a manner that the relation between the several heels and shoes will be unmistakable. In the illustrated rack, a shelf is supported beneath a Series of shoe Supports in such relation to the shoe supports that a se ries of heels may readily be placed on the shelf with each heel beneath and nearly in line with 1326. Serial No. 100,650.

the shoe to which it is to be attached sothat I there will be no hesitation on the operators part in determining which heel to attach to a given shoe. Thus the mismatching of shoes 1*ig.'1illustra tes-a pin rack provided with p shelf according to the invention; r

Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view showing the manner in which the shelf is attached to apin bar and I l I l I Fig. 3 is a transverse section throughthe rack showing lasted shoes and heelssupportedontherack. p The shoe rack herein illustrated as embody} ing the invention in a preferred form is a pin rack of thetype illustrated and described in the copendmg application of H. "L. Glidden, SGIlfllNOpl305925, filed August23, 1926, in which application various novel features of the rack herein illustratedwhich form no part of the present invention are claimed. Reference may be had to said application for a detailed disclosure of parts not herein fully described. I

The illustrated rack comprises aframe 10 having cross-pieces 12 upon which is mounted a pin bar 14. The pin bar 14:,which is Substantiallyrectangular in cross-section, is so mounted that its lateral surfaces are inclined at 45 to the horizontal. The pin bar is provided with upwardly inclined pins 16 projecting therefrom and adapted to support shoes on lasts such as the shoes 18, carried on the lasts 20, slots 22 being provided in the pin bar to receive the upper portions of the cones of the lasts. Directly connected to the pinbar 14, in the illustrated construct-ion by means of bolts 24' and nuts 26 and 28, is a Shelf 30. The shelf 30 may be adjusted on the bolts 24 toward or away from the-pin bar 14 by turning the nuts 26 and 28. As shown, the shelf is supported directly beneath the pin bar 14 in such manner that wood heels 32 may be placed and supportedin proper order below the corresponding shoes to which they are to be or have been fitted. A railing 34: is provided along the edges of the shelf to prevent the heels from sliding off, the space between the railings on opposite sides of the shelf being sufficient to accommodate heels of maximum size but not great enouglrto permit one heel to move past another.

Because of the arrangement of the bolts 24 and nuts 26 and 28, it is possible to adjust the shelf toward or away from the pin bar in order to provide for clearance for heels of various heights, and also readily to detach the shelf, should its use not be deemed necessary, or for the purposes of shipment.

In the use of the rack, after the heel seat fitting operation is performed on each shoe, the shoe is placed on one of the pins 16 and the corresponding heel is positioned on the shelf 30 at a point in approximate vertical alinement with the shoe. This process is repeated until the rack is filled.

It will thus be apparent that the shelf 30 provides means in close relation to the pin bar 14 of the shoe rack to enable the heels and their corresponding shoes to be kept together Without loss of time and Without extra labor on the part of the ope 'ator. lly this ar rangement, also, the same shoe rack that is used during the heel seat fitting operation may also be used during the heel attaching operations. V

It is to be understood that While i lustrated and described as embodied in apin rack and With particular reference to holding and transporting shoes and unattached heels for use in connection With heel seat litting and heel attaching operations, the invention is not so limited, but is capable of embodiment in other forms of shoe racks, and is adapted for use in connection with other operations in the manufacture of boots and shoes.

Having described my invention, What I claim as nor and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is 1. In a rack for receiving shoes and unattached heels, a plurality of pins for supporting shoes arranged in series, and a member for supporting a plurality of heels arranged in series, the pins and the supporting member being so'constructed and arranged that each heel may be supported close to, and approximately in line with, the corresponding shoe.

2. In a rack for supporting shoes and unattached hcels, a frame member, a series of supporting members projecting from the frame member and having their outer ends constructed and arranged to carry shoes, and a shelf supported beneath the supporting members in such relation to the supporting members that a series of heels may readily be placed on the shelf with each heelbenea-th and nearly in line with the shoe to Which it is to be attached.

3. In a rack for receiving shoes and unattached heels, a pin bar, a plurality of pins carried by-the bar, each pin being adapted to support a shoe, a shelf positionedbeneath and in proximity'to the pin bar, the construction and arrangement being such that each heel may be supported on the shelf approximately in line With the shoe to which it is to be attached, and a railing along the edges of the shelf for maintaining the heels in position on the shelf.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

l VARREN E. COUMBES. 

